Sky box and remote

Sarah1987_ — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:52:23 GMT

Its taking ages to come on than it keeps turning its self off and I have 2 put new batteries in the remote every day and no they are not the cheap 1s

Re: Sky box and remote

lettice — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:36:02 GMT

A decent pair of Alkaline batteries should last at least a year with constant use.

Make sure the batteries you are using are listed as Alkaline and not Zinc. The Zinc ones will drain quickly in remote controls for TV or Sky boxes.

Both my pucks, needed a battery change after about a year of use. I ditched the batteries that came with the original remote and used my trusty Duracell Plus Alkaline ones, that I use for all my remotes and the like.

If you find it is draining batteries, might be worth requesting a replacement remote, you can order one online at the end of this help article;

https://www.sky.com/help/sky-tv/sky-tv-stream/fixing-a-problem-sky-stream/fixing-sky-glass-remote/articles/remote-control-help-sky-glass?irct=help-service-checker-remote-control-help-sky-glass

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